Amuriat, 2 MPs arrested over demo

Amuriat, Three MPs Arrested in Soroti Over ‘No Cow, No Vote’ Protest » The Hoima Post

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president, Patrick Amuriat, and Members of Parliament Joan Alobo (Soroti City Woman), Jonathan Ebwalu (Soroti City West), and Julius Ekudo (Akobo County) have been arrested following a protest in Soroti demanding government compensation for lost cattle.   The leaders, under the slogan “No Cow, No Vote,” were protesting the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to compensate livestock lost during …

“The police promptly arrived at the scene of outbreaks of disturbance where it was possible to restore public order. As a result of these actions, 10 individuals were arrested at the level of the city of Nampula and four at the administrative post of Namialo in Meconta, the same as those that are done to commercial establishments, taking advantage of the acts of demonstrations to loot various assets,” said the spokeswoman for the Police of the R…

Amuriat, 2 MPs arrested over demo

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Soroti City have arrested the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President, Patrick Amuriat Oboi, and two Members of Parliament for staging a demonstration over the delayed cattle compensation of Teso War Debt Claimants. The demo has been dubbed “No Cow, No Vote.”  The MPs arrested were Joan Alobo Acom and Johnathan Ebwalu for Soroti City and the Soroti City West Division, respectively. The o…

FDC President Amuriat, Five Others Arrested in Soroti Over Violent Protest

Summary: Uganda Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke confirmed the arrests, stating that the protest turned violent when some demonstrators assaulted police officers, prompting law enforcement to intervene and disperse the crowd. SOROTI: Police in Soroti District have arrested six leaders of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) on charges of unlawful assembly, public nuisance, and assault. … The post FDC President Amuriat, Five Others Arrested in…

FDC President Amuriat, Several MPs Arrested In Soroti, See Why!

By Spy Uganda Soroti, Uganda – Political tensions escalated in Soroti City as Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Patrick Amuriat and Members of Parliament Joan Alobo (Soroti City Woman MP), Jonathan Ebwalu (Soroti City West MP), and Julius Ekudo (Akobo County MP) were arrested during a protest demanding government compensation for lost cattle. The…